washington, d.c. for sports in the district. good evening. we begin with a new twist in the supreme court showdown. >>ti it is not clear if the woman who accused judge kavaugh of sexual assaul years ago will come to washington to tell her story. dr. ct in bla ford accused him. there is a public hearing scheduled next week both parties set to testify but dr. ford has gone silent. blayne alexander has the latest. it is confusing. >> reporter: on top of all that, consider the time line. the supreme court is in session in less than two weeks. the crucial elections two weeks away. the republican party is struggling to keep this

nomination on track. president trump refusing to back away from his nominee brett kavanaugh. >> i seal, i feel the republicans, i can speak for myself, we should go through proces there shouldn't even be a little doubt. not even adoubt. >> kavanaugh and the woman accusing him of sexual atsault high school party decades ago, both asked to tell their side of theer story oath in a monday hearing.av >>e you heard back from dr. ford? >> no. >> b republicans say she did not immediate respond. >> my hope is that we'll have an opportunit to learn from her and from judge kavanaugh. >> it is leaving republicans split over who willestify and how they will be .question

>> they may be able to elicit more information and then hear from even of the committee members. >> democrats want them to investigate what happened. an idea president trump dismissed today. >> to be cheer, they are asking democrats to tvestigate. to look prosecute. that means it won't happen unless the white house asks for it. being president trump's nominee and it is clear that president trump does not intend to make request. at least now. >> thank you. back in 1991 the full senate was just about to vote on clarence thomas when news leaked that anita hill had accused him of sexual harassment. the hearings were reopened and

hill testified in the midst of a fire storm. thomas' supporters questioned him. eventually the senate him by a narrow margin. it is worth noting there were no we will on the judiciary committee temperatuat that time. now there are four of them. planningdent trump is to visit the victims of hurricane florence. power crews are working all day and nigh more than 800,000 people lost wlekt them. st with the sun back out, communities are starting to reboun >> and our weather is clearing up t. you won't need the umbrellas a longer. what we can expect more.

you can get out the sunglasses, something we haven'teen needing, but you willnow. down toward the south, not just dry but .sunshi the sun is out. we'll show what you theeek holds and when we'll get some cool weather coming up. you can see a suv got stuck in the floodwaters on furnace avenue near ridge road. this is near the elkridge road.

two peoe were there. rescue crews were able to get them outhe and into boat. this is yet another reminder to turn your carun a when there is water. don't try to drive through high water. you don't know how deep. it >> a man faces charges. ng how did they catch this guy? >> i'm g to walk you through the process. tonight, no questions. >> reporter: they hope it will could notonvenience the man to stay away. parents are keeping a watchful eye tonight. tonight 28-year-old allen williams' mug shot is me

public. >> his arrest, thankst in p to parents in this community. >> this is very concerning. this neighbor has been a very, very safe nehborhood. >> reporter: neighbors say suspicious man has been loitering in theirod neighbor >> we've had reports of him in that area. >> reporter: on november 3, a man approached two young girl. two days later they say a man exposed himself. then he faced a little boy.us >> small talk. as the individual was speaking with the child, he exposed himself to the child. >> reporter: that's when neighbors step up their to keep him safe. they are using a message system

to alert other parents. moms and dads then took their posts. >> no matter where you look, there dre parents up andn the street. >> they re able to find the guy. >> when we sawim coming, we waited for the police. we're not ready to let our guard down. evend though they s had been arrested. my kids are older and i'mtill going out and watching them come home every day. >> they've asked us several questions as to what we're doing out here. >> they're verych wl over their kids. they were making sure they got in safely. this is the epitome of

neighborhood watch. new, the story we first told butst day. the crawling corridor near dulles international airport could get even more crowded. today, the airport authority approved a deal to develop 424 acres near the airport. they will buy the than for about $237 million. it is unclear whatny the compa could build on the site but the development could lead to more congestion. >> here's a question. w wouldching a game be even more fun. there is a proposalal to lize sports betting right here in the district. the district is considering making a bet on sports.

it used to be oy nevada allowed it but in may, it was authorized. >> if you're betting on the game, it is that have more exciting. >> he is one ofix people proposing sports betting at facilities, in capital onea, arn hotels throughout the district and at sports bars. if you want to bet by phone, you can do it. >> i envision the time when i can be sitting in my living roo d bet $5 that bryce harp her we know is at the next pitch. i think that's where it is going. >> half of the money will fund children. but in sweden where sports wage serg legal are not fans. >> gambling can be a big problem

for families and people who abuse it. so we're not in fav of it. >> if d.c. council approves sports wageri, next week at nats park, they may not have ticket windows but tickets to place your be>. deadly crash on i-66 this morning brought rsh hour traffic to a crawl. a man was killed in a multivehicle crash between his car and two picks. there was another crash in the same area a shortime later. th more 130 peoplre without power. the fire tore through the apartmt complex quickly. a lot was lost. there was o shortag water. the hydrants on the property

didn hold enough water to battle the blaze. firefighters were forced to hook up theydrants off the property. up next, the haste on quadruple murder trial. >> we'll take you inside the mansion murder case. witnesses who said they could ee the crime scene from across the street. then new evidence t. soon we'll put away the umbrellas and turn off t a/c.he

we've been on weather alert coverage for 18 days. how long will our nice weather stich us? and a tricky lookingforecast. this was day eight in the mansion murders trial. today family was back on the witness stand. yestery the defense tried to poke holes in his story. wallace delivered $40,000 to the savopoulos house on the day of the mansion murders wle the family was being held hostage. today prosecutors made the c that wall street had nothing to do with the murders.

>> three d.c. firefighters this afternoonrt to testify about arriving to the nangs day it went up in flames. jurors listed as firefighters described crawling around the second levelhof the e. all three first responders describing tou moment they quickly realize were the bodies of the peoplen e upstairs bedroom. they s bloody baseball bat. it is one of the weapons t they stay suspect used.os savopoul' assistant is seen walking out of the courthouse in after wra up his second day testifying. today prosecutors tried to provh he is no connection to daron wint's two thpros. man the defense attorney said carried out theer mu the jurors also teard from

manager. that home was across the street from the sav.oulos fami around noon on may 14th, these men testified that they saw an african-american man with dread locks walking towd the garage of the savopoulos home. both that as the manepproached garage, the door opened halfway. he went inside. the door closed and they never saw him again. an hour later this mansion went up in flames. they said they saw this picture of darron o wibtthe news. he said wint fits the description of the man he saw before the fire. prosecutors didn't have an opportunity to finish questioning one of the three firefighters on the stand today so they will continue their morning.ing thursday the jurors were told not to

report to court b tomorrowause of the jewish holiday yom kippur. >> thank u. to stay up to date on the trial, we have pled coverage on our nbc washingtonapp. just search mansion murders. german doctors saying it is likely that an anti-kremlin activistas poisoned. a mber of the punk band has been recovering after losing his ability to walk, his hring too. his sudden symptoms indicate he was poisoned. they think it is too early for him to return. the golfer victim was from iowa state university. her body was found yesterday at a course in ames, eye waffle she ha s beenbbed several time. police arrested a man living in a nearby homeless caenmpment.

prosecutors stay murder appears to have been a random act of advice. >> china was just hit with $60 billion worth of tariffs in retaliation for the trump administrati targeting $200 about on chinese goods yesterday. nbc's tom costello reports, a lot of products are going to cost a lot more. >> from bicycle tires, car parts, luage, seafood, chemicals, you need stit. the qn is, is it working for the united states? the u.s. stock market at anll time high. unemployment is low. the chinese market is slowing. could we inflicting damage on our own economy if this goes on? hat could we be paying mor

for? that story is coming up on "nbc nightly news". >> a surprise medical expee. >> we're shining a spotlight a nationwide practice thatin coul side you the next time you go to the emergency room. susan? >> this was a surprise to a lot g us. when y to the emergency room, the last thing you're probably thinking about is, does thisoctor take my assurance? you probably assume if the hospital does, the doctor you're seeing does toorgs. unfortunately that assumption could be a costly mistake. it happened right there to the hamilton family. two weeks later they receive a bill for $34,000. >> wow! >> at first i was confused. we had already gone thrgh the

process of settling the bill with the hospital. what could this befor? >> so the bill came from the ctor who treated zack in the e.r. how is it possible is this the hamiltons have health insurance. we are working for to you make sure you have the information you need so you are not caught off guard wit this kind of surprise. you were saying it is suc a wake-up call. >> literally a one-two that family. >> and who isn't caught off guard when you're at the emergency >> exactly. it is a good story. i really like the one and i ink people can learn a lot. >> we'll see you at 11:00. the performance of a lifetime. the washington man known as the king of violin performs his final songn the finals.

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river, most of the shower moving across the bay and out of here. finally. and this is all from florence. you can see ocean city getting some pretty big storms there. behind this much nicer conditions. and yes, we are talking sunshine tomorrow. finally sunshine. nice and warm, too. northwest suburbs, you're going to wake up to some very nice conditions. 68 for a will he in the city. thera a low was 62. 85 on friday. 82. sunshine the next couple days. what about sunday into nt week? it gets a little unsettled again. i'm just focusing on the sunshine. >> attracting amazon.

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. new from the carolis, more tragedy. more than 30 people are now dead from hornls. >> the storm continues its assault as it creepst. northe still dumping rain and causing a lot of flooding. the same remnants kicked up yesterday. we start jay gray who is in wilmington, north carolina. jay? >> reporr: i want t give you a look. you can see the water out of the banks. this situation playing out across the carolinas right now. theain is stopped but the water continues to climb. >> currently there are 16 rivers

at major floodtage with an additional three forecast to peak at major flood stage tomorrow and thursday. >> reporter: entire towns swallowed in many areas. the only way out is by boat. >> we continue to be engaged in large scale search and rese operations. >> reporter: thist pregn woman and her children held on to trees for hours until help came. orill thousands without power. many lining up just the basicienecess food, water and ice. the lines are also long at the w gas stations open in the strike zone. >> everyone trying to get gas. >> and so many unable to goome til water goes away.

you can see the structures behind me, ironiatlly a pumping station. obviously not working here. in manyareas, the water is going to continue to rise through the weekend. this is a very widespread problem and it will continue. >> such a sad situation, not to mention the health problemsown the road for social media of these people. all right. be careful down there. >> we're learning more about tornado that touched down yesterday. new information about what happened. >> the national weather service issuing preliminary findings. we rend you of how powerful it looked and unded.

that's just terrifying. based on the damage, the weather service believes this was an ef-2 tornado with winds around 120 miles per hour. this twister off 360 in chesterfield co we've got some new drone video. it is astonishing. it shows the twister ripped the roof off the building and tacked onare still shelves but the walls have disintegrated in the building. one person died and another was hurt. many peopl there in shock today. >> to have our neighbors lose somebody so close to em. it is just heartg. break >> the tornado in mecklenburg, virginia, right on the border with north carolina, that was measured at an ef-0.

it brought down trees andaud some house damage as well. just more awful news. >> severe weather has moved out of our area. >> big changes in our forecast. >> down into parts of richmond, i was on the phone with a friend of mine. he also went to my high school. six tornadoes confirmed today around richmond. six tornadoes aroundhat area. this is all still florence. that's good news. we get much nicer weather. how long do we have for sunshine? i'll show you how long it lasts. let's keep it. inal touches being put on a brand new entertainment and

sports arena. we're getting a behind-t-scenes look. is is in southeast in the neighbor of congress heights. it is walking distance from metro. the property once housed a hot. as mark reports tonight, it could become a hott spo for night life. >> reporter: all these old r brick buildings will be saved, converted to affordable housing and office space. inside what district officials ho will be an intimate setting cer both cons and sporting event. seating for up to 4,400 concert fans. retractible bleachers can open up for basketball games. concerts, video games, as well as mixed martial arts competitions are already scheduled which will create

local jobs. >> we've got well over a thousand jobs that will be created from this facility. onef the things that's great is this will really enable the entire dumas explode. so we're expectihr tee times that amount of jobs created from this entire project. >> while work is underway, the first event is schedule for october 6th when mary j. blige performs. for now it is the entertainment and sports arena. >> the name may change but it describes everything for now. tickets for that mary j. blige the ribbon cutting for the new arena is saturday morning. >> it looksimpressive. the new arena will be the new training facility for the washington wizards. amazon second headquarters,

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amazon is waiting to unveil the new location for their headquarters. one expert explains it this way. with 20 finalists on the list ere's no point in alienating the other 19 congressional delegations until absolutely necessary. now to theupme court vanfirmation controversy. senator brett ugh. president trump is expressing confidence in his nominee. >> the national correspondent peter alexander is tracking some new developments with this story

at the white house. what are you hearing? >> good evening to you. the president is standing by his man saying he sympathizes with brett kavanaugh. president trump saying he feels so badly for kavanaugh that he is going through this. he adds, this is not a man who deserves this. we asked hhe i believes ford. he didn't have any answer to that. we aed if he believes if true, would it be disqualifying? and growing calls for the fbi to investigate the fbi assault investigation. only he can order the fbi toin ex the allegation which he nies. it isow set for monday. we know that kavanaugh is said to be eager to testify but still no word from ford or her lawyer whether she will sho up.

one other note, the man that was also alleged to be in that room three decades ago, tonight he is lying he will not testify. and ater from his hair to the senate judiciary committee, he says i have no memory of this alleged incident saying i never sought brett act in e manner that dr. ford de >> all right. thank you. and more reporting ahead on "nightly news" right after this newscast. remembe all that potentially faulty concrete here along metro's silr line? the contractor responsible for is it still on the job. i'll tell hue it is andhat the company is saying.nd did you recognize it? the sun has mad a return appearance. how long our nice weather will last andhy the w

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teams. >> day eight of the mansion murders trial. today, prosecutors are trying to prove tha he is not connected to the two brothers. the man the defenseeam say murdered the family. witnesses from across the street testified that they saw a man enter the home of the fire. trouble tonight on the multi-billion dollar silver line project. it is all due to faulty concrete. >> we told but this issue months ago. new details about how they're attempting to fix the problem. >> our transportation and how metro will have to monitor concrete once the silver line is in place. >> reporter: we're starting to iar all the right things from the people charge. that this whole mess can be fixed. still, with all the concrete that is in this project, you do have to nder, will it hold up? today, revelations about the

subcontractor in question. universal conete products based in pennsylvania. even after a the controversy surrounding the controversy surrounding their concrete, they're sll working on the project. >> they are completing their contract work. right now they' got a few panels to supply. >> reporter: remember federal government says this company knowingly supplied faulty concrete to the sf ond facee silver line which picks up where phase one ends. their concrete most notably a water to cement ratio that was off and it didn't meet durability specificses. the attorney representing a whistle blower who firaised concerns about the substandard concrete being used in the second phase. >> we want to make sure that the concrete works. that the metro doesn't collapse. >> reporter: one piece of good news, there was a question about the strength of the sne that s used in the silver line. the project leaders s testing

has shown that it is strong enough. this next section is set to open in 2020 but well over a thousand sections o concrete will still need significant water proofing and that will have h toappen every ten years. along the silver line, adam tuss. news4. >> my goodness. weomee blue skies around here. >> it will be a nice nset. if you're getting out after dinner after the newscast which ends before 7:00, you're going to be able to do it. get outside and l do atle barbecue. >> you never want that. >> out there now. nothing but.sunshi not just then. not a cloud in the sky.

bringing us some drier air and that means really comfortable temperatures. we're at 76. in fredericksburg. still some shower activity. not och. mo us are completely dry. the only exception, way down to the south right now. if you're thinking of heading to ocean city on a tueay afternoon, hey, good for you. still seeing some shower activity and it is looking great inhe area. also looking good because florence is finally you can see the line here of showers and thunderstorms. i want to show you the wider view. the remnants of florence toward the northeast. they came all the way toward the boston area. they saw flash flooding across the area. they saw the water rescues and even some rotation and possible tornadoes. we saw them here yesterday

so this storm has been with us for about a week and finally it is getting o of here. that's great news for all of us from the carolinas to the coast. as far as what we're seeing tomorrow, the high of 85 degrees. finally some sunshine and nice and warm. it will be a great day. ifhiou'reing about the kids, some schools closed because of the holiday. nice weather there. 80 degrees. 84 degrees by the time you pick up theds very nice. and everybody has reset outdoors tomoow. the sun will be out. that's goodnews.ur temper at 85. i think thursday will be a great day. may have some clouds early. maybe some low clouds thursday anday but then we break out in sunshine. 70 on friday. 82 degrees on satday for a high. saturday looking great. but watch the fronl that front wome through the area and kind of stall out. that means we could seeome

shower activity on sunday. that's why it is a triy forecast. 70sost of next week. 70s and looking really nice. we have to gethrough some showers. nothing like what we've been seeing. i'm just focusing on the sun. coming up, the return of the champs. taking home ice for the first time. first, here's lester holt. he has a look ahead. >> republicans put the ball back in the court of judge vanaugh's accuser.

t seems like just yesterday. >> that's what you're starting i ? >> they're back. the caps are back. i'm not ready to think about being cold again. i don't know where the purple coat is. it is crazy to think that hockey is back in d.c. so yeah. tonight's game doesn't count. it is the first time that the steam back on the home ice defending the stanley cup champion niklas backstrom, braden ltby, all starring in the first pre season game. with more on what to expect, nbc sports washington. >> it is nice to feel the chill. it is a reminder of how loud it was. >> theity came behind the hockey team. what a day we had. >> the shortest off-season ever. could it be a good thing? >> i think it can be.

they're flying high. they come in with a lot of em ion. and the stanley cup behind them. >> so what are w watching for? with the caps having lot of prospects othe ice? >> i think as he big risk, 6'4", only 18 years old. >> one of the top prospects between pipes. >> one of the best net minders in all the world. we send you back now to everyone, how did you manage to get in the lineup? >> i've already come one a nickname. he's known as e weather man from now on. >> i love it! >> we are 54th cousins. i've done the research on it. our moms -- with the different high schools, yeah. >> no one wears number 4 on the

team yet. so weight get this. >> i can't wait to get a camera or jersey and have it mean something. i am so excited about it. we're going to have to orgaze a meeting between you. maybe he's a little better on the ice than our camera fla back? nash back tuesday. >> don't do it! >> i knew that was coming. >> did you scoreth gh. >> yeah. >> the caps never did call doug up, did they? >> no, they didn't. >> he wants to be a part cast. >> did i beat the 12-year-olds. i took a 12-year-old to school. >> that's great. >> it is no laughing matter. they need to find their groove agains green bay sunday. they'll be doing that with some

new faces as the injuries are starting to affect roster. today the redskins replacing r kelley on injury reserve. they're saying that he may need surgery. eighe yards in th first two carries. the running back won't be eligible to return until after week ten if the team chooses to take him off i.r. the team signed the veteran wide receiver. the former first roum pick of the cardinals played in 11 games for the vikings last season catching ten passes for just 78 yards. also, inking rashad his production never maxed his draft status and the team released him earlier this month. there was a special day atedex field for 100 local high school football players taking part in

the program. vernon davis was pt of the panel. he grew up in washington, d.c. just like many of the kids. they helped prepare the players for lifefter football. what a day for theoccer superstar lionel messi and the championship league. he today'sled the goal to start hiday. with 103 goals stoked christiano rinaldogun leae history, he startsh off w a season with that 4-0 win. oping to see an incredible performance tonight. i was so excited.

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i approve this message because, like every working mom, what's ahead is as important as what's in the rearview mirror. tonight, dramatic new turns as president trump's preme court pick plunges deeper into peril. er will his accgree to testify before congress? i he president now says the should not investigate. the president going to bat for brett kavaugh. >> i feel so badly for him. this is not a man that desees is. and tonight, we're hearing from the alleged other man in the room, 36 years ago. thy he says he does not wa testify. also tonight, a major escalation in president trump's trade wawith china. why you should expect to pay more for many of the things you buy, from appliancesan d tvs, to food and clothes. a shocking murder on the golf course. a young champion golfer k an apparent stranger now un